UTRGV begins Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rollout
The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley began administering the COVID-19 vaccine to specific groups Tuesday.
The university announced in a Tuesday news release they are administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine– the second vaccine granted emergency authorization by the federal government – in Mercedes and Harlingen the day after receiving the vaccine at the UT Health RGV/Knapp Family Health Center in Mercedes and the UTRGV Clinical Education Building in Harlingen.
Jeffrey Castaneda, from Mercedes, was the first person to receive a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the UT Health RGV/Knapp Family Health Center in Mercedes on Tuesday, Dec. 29. Administering the vaccine was Dr. Linda Nelson, a Doctor of Nurse Practice (DNP), RN, pediatric nurse practitioner and senior director of Clinical Operations for the UTRGV School of Medicine and UT Health RGV. (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)
The Moderna vaccinations, by appointment only from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., will continue Wednesday and Thursday at the following locations:
Wednesday, Dec. 30 – UT Health RGV/Knapp Family Health Center, Mercedes and Interdisciplinary Academic Building, Brownsville
Thursday, Dec. 31 — UT Health RGV/Knapp Family Health Center, Mercedes and Clinical Education Building, Harlingen.
- Frontline employees who have heightened exposure to the virus or who must remain healthy to support others as cases surge.
- Individuals ages 65 and older.
- Individuals ages 65 and younger* who, according to state and federal health care officials, have an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 because they have the following comorbidities :
Diabetes. Chronic kidney disease, Immunocompromised diseases, Chronic lung diseases, Sickle cell disease, Chronic heart disease, High blood pressure, Chronic neurological diseases, Morbid obesity,
Pregnancy
UT Health RGV received a total of 900 doses, of which 500 went to Harlingen and Brownsville, and 400 to Mercedes.
For more information or to fill out the registration form, visit the COVID-19 Vaccine webpage.
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